နီလာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali nīla (“blue”), thus "blue (gem)". Cognate with Mon နဳလာ, Shan ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa), Jingpho nila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìlà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nila • ALA-LC: nīlā • BGN/PCGN: nila • Okell: nila

Noun

နီလာ • (nila)

1. (mineralogy) sapphire

Descendants

• Jingpho: nila
• Shan: ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa)

Proper noun

နီလာ • (nila)

1. a female given name from Pali

Further reading

• “နီလာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.